The IBM® Support Assistant Data Collector for WebSphere® Application Server is a tool you can run to gather data from your application server system for problem determination purposes. It replaces the collector tool, which is deprecated.
At each step, the choices are presented as numbered lists and you input the number of your selection and press the enter key. When input is required, prompts are displayed at which you enter your response and press the enter key. You can find collection details for each WebSphere Application Server problem type in their corresponding MustGather documents.
The tool has a silent collection capability for recording your responses from a console mode session in a file and uses the file to drive subsequent instances of the same collection script. When running in this mode, you are taken to an ordinary interactive session, where you supply the responses to the script prompts. In addition to influencing the current collection, however, your responses are also saved in the file that you named. When the interactive session completes, you can use this response file to start the same script in the future without the need for explicit user input.
When using response files, remember that sensitive information, such as user names and passwords, might be stored in these files. It is important that you manage these files in a manner that prevents unauthorized access to sensitive information. Note that passwords are not encrypted.
By default, the version of the tool (and the various subcomponents) is printed to the console from which it was launched.
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